Stage 5: Specify LDAP server settings

Directory services are powerful search tools that help your users find people and businesses around the world. The Address Book supports LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) for accessing directory services, and it comes with built-in access to several popular directory services. You can specify the LDAP services for your users.

Friendly name
Type the friendly name of your LDAP service.

Directory service
Type the name of the directory service you want to add, such as ldap.switchboard.com or ldap.four11.com.

Home page
This is the page that appears if the user clicks the Start button, points to Find, clicks People, and then clicks Web Site.

Search base
Sometimes known as the root or scope, the Search Base is the hierarchical level at which to search a given LDAP server. The allowable scopes are "base" for a base object search, "one" for a one-level search, or "sub" for a subtree search. If scope is omitted, a scope of "base" is assumed.

Service bitmap
You can specify a custom 134-by-38 pixel, 16-color .bmp file.

To have Outlook Express check names against the server when sending messages, select Check names against this server when sending mail. This setting helps ensure the e-mail addresses match names in the directory.

Authentication type
Select the authentication type: Anonymous, Secure Password, or Password.